The Research Connection

The Caltrans Division of Research and Innovation is hosting monthly webinars on various topics. The presentations are designed to bring researchers and practitioners together to exchange information and transfer knowledge.

On Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, there was a presentation on "The California Traffic Management Laboratories (CTMLabs)."

The California Traffic Management Laboratories (CTMLabs), formerly the California ATMS Testbed, is a partnership between Caltrans and the University of California, Irvine with a mission to support traffic management research, implementation, and evaluation. CTMLabs is a research and development laboratory offering a one-stop shop for simulation, data analysis, testing, and evaluation that provides end-to-end support for moving research ideas into everyday practice.

The presentation, highlighted CTMLabs' capabilities and benefits and discussed the following projects completed in partnership with Caltrans customers:

• The TMC Performance Evaluation project completed with Caltrans District 12 enables TMC managers and operators to evaluate the benefits of TMC operations by comparing observed delays to estimated delays in the absence of TMC actions.
• The Safety Performance Tool that evaluates safety performance using raw, 30-second detector data, and demonstrates innovative data processing and display techniques.

Topic Presenters: "The California Traffic Management Laboratories (CTMLabs)"

CRAIG RINDT is a Project Scientist at the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Irvine. Dr. Rindt received his Ph.D. from UCI and has been a researcher with ITS-Irvine since 2003 working on transferring traffic management research into active deployment. WILL RECKER is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California at Irvine and is the principal investigator of the California Traffic Management Laboratories. JAMES MARCA is a Project Scientist at the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Irvine. Since obtaining his Ph.D. in 2002, Dr. Marca has worked to bring theoretical models closer to practice, by using modern database and web technologies.

Craig Rindt, Will Recker, and James Marcia

For more information, check the Division of Research and Innovation Web site or email us .

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